Which of the following is an effect of the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Foreigners were forced to leave the United States.
The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) consisted of four laws that restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country that ended up forcing foreigners to leave the nation. The act increased the period necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from 5 to 14 years, allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were deemed dangerous or who were from a hostile nation.
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- First Secretary of State: John Jay
John Jay as one of the Founding Fathers of America, served as the first Secretary of State on an interim basis under George's Washington term, the first President, from September 1789 to March 1790.
- First Secretary of the Treasury - Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton, considered as one of the Founding Fathers as well, became the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States in 1789, and left office in 1795. During his term, he interpreted and promoted Constitution, found the Federalist Party, among others accomplishments.
- Opposed Hamilton's financial plan - Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson disagreed with many of the financial plans proposed by Hamilton, including the creation of a national bank. Jefferson believed that the government establishing a bank was against the Constitution and that states should be the ones chartering banks that could issue money.
- Minister to Britain who negotiated a treaty in 1795
The treaty, known as Jay Treaty or officially “Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty; and The United States of America” attempted to diffuse the tensions between England and the United States resulting of the Revolutionary War.
- Envoy to Spain who negotiated a treaty in 1796 - Thomas Pinckney
The treaty was called Pinckney’s Treaty or Treaty of San Lorenzo, in which Pinckney, in behalf of the U.S., arrange with Spain the fixing the southern boundary of the United States at 31° N latitude and commercial arrangements favorable to the U.S., among others.
- Second President of the United States - John Adams
He was a lawyer who became leader of the American Revolution (1775-83), and served as the second U.S. president afterward from 1797 to 1801.
- French representative sent to United States to seek American support against Britain - Edmond-Charles Genêt
The French diplomat Genet went to the U.S 1792 to have Americans attack the British and Spanish in North America, during the French Revolution, but the request was refused due to the American policy of neutrality held at the time.
- Attorney General under Washington - Edmund Randolph
Randolph, as an active politician and attorney that served as the 7th Virginia governor and the second Secretary of State, was also appointed as the first U.S. Attorney General in September 1789.
